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Calder Salutes a Winning Jockey: Eddie Castro

Jun 28, 2005 - © Greg Melikov

Eddie has come a long way in a short time since he rode his father's only horse on their farm in Panama, where at 15 he attended jockey school. He captured his first race there on Dec. 6, 2002.

He debuted in America at Gulfstream on April 16, 2003. It wasn't long before he scored his first major stakes victory in the $100,000 Aspidistra Handicap aboard Sara's Success. That year he rode five winners on three different days at Calder.

He also was the nation's Eclipse Award winning apprentice in 2003. No doubt those awards will continue to roll in for a long time.

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